Character: 燭
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhú
Preclassic Old Chinese: tok
Classic Old Chinese: tok
Western Han Chinese: tok
Eastern Han Chinese: ćok
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćok
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćok
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćok
Middle Chinese: ćöuk
English meaning : torch, candle; shine [L. Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: свеча, светильник; пламя светильника; светить; освещать; ясный
Comments: An archaic Viet. loan from the same source is d_uốc 'torch'.
Radical: 86
Four-angle index: 4368
Karlgren code: 1224 e
Vietnamese reading: chúc
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